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Leslie Groves

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Born August 17, 1896 · Albany, New York, USA

Died July 13, 1970

Also known as Leslie Richard Groves Jr. · Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. · Lieutenant General Leslie Groves

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Biography

Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, the top secret research program that developed the atomic bomb during World War II, leading to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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Awards & recognition

  • American Campaign Medal
  • Army of Occupation of Germany Medal
  • Army Staff Identification Badge
  • Distinguished Service Medal
  • Legion of Merit
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  • Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
  • World War I Victory Medal (United States)
  • World War II Victory Medal

Filmography5 titles

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

2024as Self - Brigadier General, U.S. Army (archive footage)

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

2023as Self - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)

The Day After Trinity

1981as Self (archive footage)

A Compassionate Spy

2022as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bombshell

2026as Self (archival footage)